Subject: Re: La-7
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Randy Lutz" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 10:24:54 -0800

Hi Randy,
Thanks for sending in your La-7 article.  It's a beauty.....just like your
P-400.  I'll e-mail you when it goes on ARC.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Lutz <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:26 AM
Subject: La-7

Hi Steve,

Please find attached some images of my Gavia Lavochkin La-7 which I am
submittng for inclusion in your Gallery.  It is finished in the markings of
Captain Pavel Golovachev of the 9th Guards Fighter Air Regiment, 303rd
Fighter Aviation Division while based in Lithuania during December 1944.

Aside from the vacuform sliding canopy, the model is built to comply with
IPMS Out of the box rules.

Fuselage

- antenna wires made from stretched sprue
- gun barrels drilled out
- gun charging handles hollowed out
- sliding canopy replaced with vacuform hood

Wings

- pitot tube drilled out
- supercharger intakes opened out

Paint and Decals

- model painted with Xtracolor X254 Basaltgrau RAL7012, X129 Dark Grey
FS16081 and Humbrol 47 Sea Blue 62
- all markings are kit decals
- model is weathered with chalk pastels

References

- Lavockin La-7, MBI Books
- Eagles of the East, No. 1, Fighting Lavochkin by Aviation International
- Squadron In Action No. 169 La 5/7 Fighters
- VVS web site

A complete build review article on this model will be appearing in an
upcoming issue of SAMI.